Luxury Homeowners event in El Dorado Hills

Taking place at Bistro 33’s The SideBar in El Dorado Hills Town Center at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, the event will include cocktails, appetizers, an iPad giveaway and a chance to mingle with other homeowners as well as view the Prestigio collection of homes and ask questions directly to Pinel.

Pinel joined Intero Real Estate Services as its senior vice president/general manager Intero Prestigio international two years ago and immediately went to work building the company’s luxury division, Prestigio, which provides luxury homes with a tailored marketing plan of local, national and international exposure.

“We’re excited to be presenting such a strong speaker,” said Penny Wafford, founding agent of Intero Real Estate Services El Dorado Hills and organizer of this event. “He brings to the table over 30 years of global real estate experience and the knowledge and know how to get luxury homes sold. We couldn’t keep him to ourselves any longer.”

Taking place at Bistro 33’s The SideBar in El Dorado Hills Town Center at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, the event will include cocktails, appetizers, an iPad giveaway and a chance to mingle with other homeowners as well as view the Prestigio collection of homes and ask questions directly to Pinel.

“I look forward to the chance to educate luxury homeowners as to what they can and should expect from both an agent, as well as the brokerage, to properly list their home in today’s luxury marketplace,” Pinel said. “We’re giving them an open invitation to really understand how their home will successfully be sold through a program like Prestigio. I hope they take advantage of it and see the value in this very rare opportunity.”

Alain Pinel moves to Intero

Industry veteran and entrepreneur will handle company's luxury brand

Jan 5, 2012

Real estate entrepreneur and 30-year industry veteran Alain Pinel has moved to Silicon Valley-based Intero Real Estate Services as its senior vice president and managing officer. He will be in charge of Intero’s estate and luxury markets in the U.S. and abroad.

"Alain is a seasoned real estate veteran with tremendous knowledge and experience in the industry," said Gino Blefari, Intero’s founder, president and CEO, in a statement.

"His extraordinary level of professionalism will continue to lead and expand the Intero brand as a household name locally and abroad."

Formerly senior vice president and general manager of William Raveis Real Estate, Pinel has continually reinvented himself over the course of his long career. He first worked as a journalist in his native France, but after marrying a Californian, he moved to the U.S. and began a career in sales.

He obtained his real estate license in 1976 and worked for Northern California firm Fox & Carskadon Real Estate, quickly moving into management. In 1988, Pinel left the firm and later founded his own brokerage, Alain Pinel Realtors, with two partners.

As founder, chairman, and CEO, Pinel set out to carve a niche for the brokerage by marketing its high-end listings beyond the local area to the rest of the country and abroad.